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This one's a beaut. Had it in a snifter at a bar and at home from bottle to stout glass.

Both ways, the aroma is incomparable. Dark, bitter chocolate with a little coffee grounds on the nose. Every time I have one of these in front of me, I let it sit for several minutes just enjoy the aroma wafting from the glass. Do the people around me look at me sideways for breathing from the glass? Yup. But not after they get a sniff of this wonderful little brew.

The taste follows through, a nice stout feel more bitter coffee than in the smell. The best part is there isn't any taste of artificial chocolate that infects so many chocolate stouts.

This is a watery stout with cocoa powder added. Barely any smell but I do get cocoa powder. It doesn't taste bad just no depth or complexity. I would not call it dark chocolate, no bitterness at all. More like a thin hot chocolate made from a powder mix and water but it has carbonation. Still for the price it was drinkable and people that have never tasted a really good craft brew would be happy with it.

APPEARANCE: Very dark brown, but “light” for a stout. By light, I mean there is a small amount of light getting through without actually holding it up to the kitchen light or trying to shine the phone’s flashlight through it. A light brown head rests on top as soon as it’s poured and never fully goes away, even after half the glass has been consumed. The lacing is very organized and covers 50% of the back of the glass.

SMELL: Oh wow. This beer smells like hot fudge. Haha. What a delightful aroma! There might be a little roastiness underneath the fudge, but I can’t get anything else. This is awesome.

TASTE: The taste follows the nose, but it isn’t quite as thick and rich as the smell would suggest…which is actually a good thing, because if it was, I’d only be able to drink 4oz. of it. The fudge flavor is still in full effect, the roast, however, is even more subtle than in the nose. A touch of bitterness shows up at the end, but it seems more dark chocolate oriented than hops.

MOUTHFEEL: Somehow, this beer is not too sweet at all. It’s actually kind of a dry, chocolate, which sounds weird, but that’s what it is. The body is medium, maybe leaning towards the light side with a good deal of sparkle, creating a nice cleansing effect on the palate.

OVERALL: This was a pleasant surprise. I knew I wouldn’t dislike it since I typically enjoy stouts, especially those brewed with chocolate, but I did not expect this to blow me away the way it did, particularly with such a low ABV. I will be seeking this out in the future. The smell is one of the best I've ever experienced.

This is an enjoyable beer all around. Dark chocolate color, vanilla and milk chocolate on the nose, Nice dark roasted malt flavor with a subtle lasting chocolate finish. Smooth feel with the perfect amount of carbonation.

This is a fantastic beer that's much better than I expected. The packaging and look of the bottle is great, and is only mirrored by how good the beer looks in the glass (very dark, tan head). The nose is of nice cocoa and heavy vanilla. The taste is phenomenal with that great chocolate flavor coming in strong with some heavy marshmallow and vanilla wafer on the back end. I love the combination of flavors.

The only place where this beer loses points is with the mouthfeel, which tends to be really light. I'd rather have a beer that's a little heftier in this style, but I'll still be buying this one again.

If you want a true chocolate stout this is the one. Tons of true chocolate and caramel flavors coming though. Wonderful carbonated yet creamy mouthfeel. Nice thin head and lacing retained throughout. Really nice in a tulip glass on a winter day. Will pick up again when I can find it.

Dark brown and opaque with ruby highlights and a beige head of frothy foam that settles quickly. Rich aroma of cocoa and dark malt. Flavors of sweet cocoa upfront, morphs to coffee and marshmallow, notes of cola. Dry and tannic, slightly puckery and talcy. Average beer.

Dark cola hue nearly black with ruby highlights, thin tan head texture seems a bit flimsy for a big chocolate stout. Aroma is sick with chocolate syrup, perfume laden caramelized sugars, with a hint of roasted coffee. It could induce diabetes just by smelling it, but seriously the perceived sweetness on the nose if off the charts think Hershey syrup. Flavor how does that sweetness the nose derives to the senses play out on the palate? Actually somewhat balanced think dry cocoa powder in a very much bitter dark roasted base stout, enough creamy bitterness with a bit of lactose and coffee roasts pleasantly blends the flavor into something much more enjoyable than the initial aromatics. Expansive creamy dark chocolate fades away to let the lactose milk sugars take stride, leaving a bit of an interesting creamy texture to the medium to full bodied stout. Carbonation level is natural and smooth on the palate finishes pretty clean with minimal acrid notes of acidity from the dark notes. Overall a complex stout that I was thinking was going to be a train wreck, ended up being pretty much a win in my book. Only 2.50 for a single definitely worth the experience but in truth I'm glad I didn't invest any more, it doesn't seem to be the type of beer that I would drink in number.

Opaque black pour with a tan head!
Aroma? Well, huge chocolate, malt, coffee and malt.
Taste is right on the money with the aroma. Back taste of alcohol.
Mouth feel is velvety with a pleasant bitterness.
Very nice effort from Atwater.